Happy Anniversary

[tripthicket]

I think I heard about City of Heroes from online friends in 2004, but I was involved with/playing in text-based games at the time (Hellooooooo, Champions MUSH!). I finally picked up City of Heroes in, I think, May of 2006. Like many of us, I was hooked almost immediately. About 2 weeks later (June of 2006, either just before or just after Issue 7 was released), I went back to the store to get City of Villains. Found it on the shelf for $30.00, went to the register, guy says 'Hey, we're running a special this week. Buy Guild Wars for $40.00 and you get City of Villains for free!' Said to my wife next to me, 'Let's do this. We'll put Guild Wars on your computer and see how you like it.' We were both MMO virgins before this, and she didn't seem too keen on joining me in Paragon City.

So that's what we did. Over the next 90 days or so, my wife racked up over 1100 hours in Guild Wars. This from never having played online games before. As you can see, the math works out to over 12 hours a day, every day. And she kept playing hell-for-leather like that until late 2008, when she finally did join me and don a cape. As I recall, we had almost 200 alts between us, spread across all servers, and were in Atlas Park 33 on Virtue when the screen went black that sad night in 2012.

But though the night has been long, I still have hope that we'll all be fighting the good fight (or living the evil dream!) together again someday soon. :)

[EmmaStyles]

Happy Anniversary. I dearly miss this game.  :'( I met the love of my life in our beloved city. We spent time fighting crime and causing mayhem together. I miss those days. 

[Steelhelm]

Happy Anniversary Everyone! Sorry I'm a day late. :P

[Golden Girl]

Here's the HaV update that we did for the CoH anniversary - http://www.cohtitan.com/forum/index.php/topic,10836.0.html

[doc7924]

What really sucked is I had my 'new' PC in 2004 when I bought this. Upgraded a bit here and there over the years with memory and graphic cards, but still had horrible lag, low settings, etc.

Finally I get a brand new PC , and the game plays fantastic - no lag at all anywhere, real looking water, bloom effects, the works.

6 months later they announce the game is being cancelled. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Not after I finally can enjoy it in all its glory.

[MaidMercury]

I didn't try the game until June 2007...
Lots of players then. 8)

after that- I never stopped until D-day.